Iolanda Balaș

Balaș in 1967
Personal information
Born	(1936-12-12)12 December 1936 Timișoara, Romania
Died	11 March 2016(2016-03-11) (aged 79) Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	1.91 m (1961)
Medal record Representing  Romania Olympic Games 1960 Rome High jump 1964 Tokyo High jump European Championships 1958 Stockholm High jump 1962 Belgrade High jump 1954 Berne High jump Universiade 1959 Torino High jump 1961 Sofia High jump

Iolanda Balaș (Romanian pronunciation: [joˈlanda ˈbalaʃ], Hungarian: Balázs Jolán, later Balázs-Sőtér Jolán; 12 December 1936 – 11 March 2016) was a Romanian Olympic athlete. She was a champion and former world record holder in the women's high jump. She was the first Romanian woman to win an Olympic gold medal and is considered to have been one of the greatest high jumpers of the twentieth century.

Balaș was diagnosed several years ago with type II diabetes. She died in Bucharest, Romania from complications from a gastric disorder, at the age of 79.^[1][2]

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